(201) Magazine Blogs

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Brandon Dubinsky had a 9 a.m. arbitration hearing scheduled this morning in Toronto. Instead, he and the Rangers have agreed to terms on a new deal. The Rangers, as per their policy, are not releasing details but the reports are it’s a four-year deal worth $16.8 million with an average salary cap hit of $4.2 million.

The left wing, 25, compiled a career-high 24 goals and 30 assists in 77 games last season as he completed a two-year, $3.7 million deal. His last contract negotiation led to a brief, training camp holdout prior to the 2009-2010 season.

The Rangers have now signed four of their five restricted free agents with only right wing Ryan Callahan left unsigned. Callahan, one of the two leading candidates to become the Rangers’ next captain, has an arbitration hearing scheduled for next Thursday and it’s likely he and his agent, Steve Bartlett, are seeking a deal similar to Dubinsky’s.

The Rangers have not had an arbitration hearing since they walked away from a $3.9 million, one-year award to Nikolay Zherdev on Aug. 4, 2009.
======================================================
Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/AGrossRecord
Follow the Record Sports Staff at twitter.com/TheRecordSports

About

ANDREW GROSS covers the New York Rangers for The Record and Herald News, having joined the North Jersey Media Group in November 2007. Gross also covered the Rangers and New York Jets, as well as St. John’s basketball and Army football, for Gannett Newspapers and The Journal News (N.Y.). He graduated from Syracuse University in 1989 with a degree in newspaper journalism.